Shirt



(No Model.) I

J. H. MYERS. SHIRT.

No. 594,140. Patented Nov. 23, 1897.

PATENT Fries.

JAMES H. MYERs, or TROY, NEW YORK.

SHIRT.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,140, datedNovember 23, 1897.

Application filed July 8, 1896- Serial No. 598 367. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES H. MYERs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts, of which thefollowing is a specification. a

The invention relates to such improvements; and it consists of the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawing, and the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the drawing. v

I have represented in the single figure of the drawing a view inelevation of the inner end of a sleeve and the neighboring body portionof a shirt embodying my invention.

A represents the body portion of the shirt, which may be made of anysuitable material and of any desired pattern. The body is provided withthe usual arm or sleeve apertures, one of which is shown at B. l

O is the sleeve, made in aseparate piece from the body portion andsecured in the sleeve-aperture B. The inner end of the sleeve is securedto the shirt-body by insert- 7 ing one or more rows of stitching Sthrough both the sleeve and body portions of the shirt from a point S ator near the middle of the sleeve on the front side over the top of thesleeve to a similar point on the back thereof. The edge of the sleeve onthe under side between the terminals of the stitching S is disconnectedfrom the body portion of the shirt and rests loosely within thesleeve-aperture, as shown. The disconnected edges of the sleeve and bodyportion areseparately fi-nished, as by the hems D and D.

My improved construction permits the sleeve portion of the shirt to bemoved with the arm of the wearer without strain upon or movement of thebody portion under the arm.

As shirts are commonly constructed the elevation of the arm of thewearer draws more or less of the body of the shirt out through thearmhole of the vest or waistcoat. As there is no downward tension on theshirt body, the portion so drawn through the armhole of the outergarment fails to return therethrough when the arm is again lowered, butremains bunched beneath the arm to the great discomfort of the wearer.proved construction I am able to avoid drawin g up the body of the shirtwhen the arm is elevated, the disconnected portion of the sleevepartaking of the arm movements independently of the body portion. theedges of the sleeve and body portion disconnected on the under side Ialso provide a ventilating-opening in a part of the garment whereventilation is most needed. By extending the lower end-of the sleeve aconsiderable distance into the sleeve-aperture, as shown, no opening isexposed to View by the arm movements, and the difference in constructionbetween my improved shirt and the ordinary shirt is renderedinconspicuous.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is a Ashirt comprising a body having a sleeve aperture and a sleeve secured tothe body in communication with the aperture by a seam extending aroundthe upper side of the sleeve and terminating at or near the middlethereof at front and back respectively, the sleeve having its lower partloosely inserted in the lower portion of the aperture, and the looseedges of the sleeve and body being separately finished, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of July,1896.

JAMES H. MYERS.

Witnesses:

Gno. A. MOSHER, FRANK O. CURTIS.

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